Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Christian and the Homosexual

Just saw someone rant about how Christianity sucks because of the unaccepting and hateful behavior many Christians exhibit toward homosexuals. I'd like to clarify, just in case that person can see my page, and for anyone else who agrees with that person. Christianity is not hateful or unaccepting. Christianity is loving. Religious self-righteousness is often hateful and unaccepting, but there is definitely a difference. Christianity is the practice of endeavoring to be like Christ. Christ loved everyone, even the people who live in sin. Homosexuality is a sin, according to the Bible and the teachings of Christ. However, Christ - and those who endeavor to be like him - would never be hateful or unaccepting of a person because of the choices they've made.

We, the Christians, don't hate you. We are disappointed by your actions, but we understand that all have sinned and fallen short - meaning everyone, even and perhaps especially us. Understanding this, our disappointment does not affect our ability to love you as people, as beloved creations of God. Just like siblings can't ever really hate each other - no matter how far off the right path one of them may go - we Christians can't really hate you. It's not in our DNA to hate. It's not in our wiring, in our belief system. Our moral compass steers us the other way. And though we may sometimes struggle with this - for all have sinned - we struggle because we choose to endeavor to be like Christ.

Jesus told us very plainly that our mission is to love others.

So though you, my friend, may have run into more than a few self-proclaimed Christians who were hateful and unaccepting of you because they did not agree with your lifestyle; please understand that this does not mean Christianity is this way. Please do not allow your opinion of us to be jaded by those who are still learning what Jesus meant when he said "love your neighbor." We, the Christians, love you. Our hearts are broken by your actions, but we love you anyway. Just as Jesus does.

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Hi, I'm Laura. I'm 23, and I'm a wife and business owner among other things. I love to learn and I love to share what I learn (and what I think about it!) with others, which is the purpose of these blogs. I hope you'll find something here enjoyable, useful, and maybe even helpful. I know I have!

Followers

Favorite Quotes

"The important thing is to keep the important thing the important thing"

~Albert Einstein

"That's why they call it 'work' and not 'happy happy fun time'."

~Naomi

"Marriage is betting someone half of everything you'll ever own that you'll love them forever."

(Unknown)

The best use of your life is to so live your life that the use of your life outlives your life.

"We're all a little weird and life's a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours we get together and fall into mutual weirdness and call it love."

~Dr. Seuss

"More marriages might survive if the partners understood that sometimes the better comes after the worse."

~Doug Larson

Things my Husband says

"You think I'm being mean, but I'm just being the nicest person you've ever been in love with."

"Of course I'm good at kissing. You don't get married three times without being good at kissing."

"Just keep in mind: If you die, your worth and usefulness to me severely decrease."

"You've never microwaved a potato? You need to learn to be poor better."

"Tell you what: I'm going to get old 12 years before you will. So I'll tell you if it sucks, and then we'll plan accordingly."

"There are no white people working at Intuit!"

"I'll even borrow someone else's scalp so I can have hair!"

"Seducing a woman is like eating a chocolate rabbit. You start with the ears and work your way down from there."

"If I say you're going to get lost, you'll get all rebellious and find your way just fine."

"I declare it Famine and Pestilence day. Because anybody can declare any day any sort of day they want it to be. And tomorrow will be the celebration of the end of Famine and Pestilence day. So let it be written, so let it be done."

~Said the day before Thanksgiving

"Part of the reason you love me is because I'm crazy. After me, you'll never be able to love a sane person."

"If you were really sorry, you wouldn't have done it in the first place."

"You mean I need to buy groceries again? Keeping a wife-pet is expensive!"

"I'm going to go over here now and vacuum or something until you aren't spaghetti brained anymore."